Atheros Multi-Mode WLAN Technology Is First To Market
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003--
Dual-Band WLAN Solution Now Integrated in New ThinkPad Notebooks Offers Best Performance and Transparent Connectivity Across 802.11 Standards
Atheros Communications, the leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, today announced that IBM is introducing the first of several new ThinkPad models that integrates the Atheros multi-mode WLAN chipset. This new model, called the ThinkPad R40, is shipping now and offers users the ability to seamlessly connect to any IEEE802.11 network based on both the 802.11a and the 802.11b standards.
IBM has chosen the Atheros multi-mode 802.11a/b solution in order to help simplify the wireless user experience and provide the highest WLAN performance to its customers. Multi-mode products, while still supporting legacy WLAN devices that operate in the 2.4-GHz band, provide all the benefits of the 5-GHz band and the 802.11a standard. These benefits include more non-interfering transmission channels and a cleaner spectrum, along with five times the speed and more than 20 times the user capacity of 802.11b-only deployments.
Multi-mode WLAN is a global phenomenon that's happening now to allow notebooks to operate in any country where unlicensed spectrum has been allocated for WLAN usage. As the first ThinkPad model to offer built-in Wi-Fi 802.11a/b connectivity, the new IBM ThinkPad R40 is capable of connecting to any Wi-Fi network based on any IEEE 802.11 standard. Other key features include the advanced IBM UltraConnect antennae technology and Access Connections wireless software that is capable of automatically sensing a wired or WLAN connection and switching between them based on priority or performance. This means ThinkPad users can seamlessly and transparently move from a wired office connection to a wireless LAN campus connection, without having to manually switch profiles.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003--
Dual-Band WLAN Solution Now Integrated in New ThinkPad Notebooks Offers Best Performance and Transparent Connectivity Across 802.11 Standards
Atheros Communications, the leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, today announced that IBM is introducing the first of several new ThinkPad models that integrates the Atheros multi-mode WLAN chipset. This new model, called the ThinkPad R40, is shipping now and offers users the ability to seamlessly connect to any IEEE802.11 network based on both the 802.11a and the 802.11b standards.
IBM has chosen the Atheros multi-mode 802.11a/b solution in order to help simplify the wireless user experience and provide the highest WLAN performance to its customers. Multi-mode products, while still supporting legacy WLAN devices that operate in the 2.4-GHz band, provide all the benefits of the 5-GHz band and the 802.11a standard. These benefits include more non-interfering transmission channels and a cleaner spectrum, along with five times the speed and more than 20 times the user capacity of 802.11b-only deployments.
Multi-mode WLAN is a global phenomenon that's happening now to allow notebooks to operate in any country where unlicensed spectrum has been allocated for WLAN usage. As the first ThinkPad model to offer built-in Wi-Fi 802.11a/b connectivity, the new IBM ThinkPad R40 is capable of connecting to any Wi-Fi network based on any IEEE 802.11 standard. Other key features include the advanced IBM UltraConnect antennae technology and Access Connections wireless software that is capable of automatically sensing a wired or WLAN connection and switching between them based on priority or performance. This means ThinkPad users can seamlessly and transparently move from a wired office connection to a wireless LAN campus connection, without having to manually switch profiles.
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